First incorporated as a city back in 1847, the city of Bath's shipbuilding roots actually started to taking shape as early as 1607 with the forming of the short-lived Popham Colony. WMTW News 8's Norm Karkos takes there in this edition of Hometown Maine.

áááÑ IN THIS WEKEEND'S HOMETOWN MAINE, WE HEAD TO BATH. FIRST INCORPORATED AS A CITY BACK IN 1847, IT'S SHIPBUILDING ROOTS ACTUALLY STARTED TO TAKING SHAPE AS EARLY AS 1607 WITH THE FORMING OF THE SHORT-LIVED POPHAM COLONY. OVER FOUR HUNDRED YEARS LATER, BATH REMAINS THE CITY OF SHIPS AND THERE IS A BUILDING IN TOWN FEATURING NOT ONLY BATH, BUT ALL OF MAINE'S, SHIPBUILDING HERITAGE. LET'S HEAD TO BATH FOR THIS WEEKEND'S HOMETOWN MAINE WELCOME TO THE CITY OF BATH....A CITY WITH MORE OF A HOMETOWN FEEL TO IT......ITS MAIN STREET IS CHARMING, ITS BUILDINGS HISTORIC.. AND OF COURSE, ITS HAS A LONG STANDING WORKING WATERFRONT ALONG THE BANKS OF THE MIGHTY KENNEBEC RIVER NK STAND UP 20 12 53 AND OF COURSE WHEN YOU THINK OF BATH, YOU THINK OF ITS RICH MARITIME HISTORY, 400 YEARS IN ALL, AND IT IS ALL RIGHT HERE IN THIS MUSEUM, THE MAINE MARITIME MUSEUM SOT DAVE GARRISON TC 19 13 29 MAINE IS A MARITIME STATE ,WE HAVE THE LARGEST SEACOAST OF ANY STATE IN THE UNION, SO THE HISTORY OF THIS STATE IS SIMPLY TIED TO THE SEA AND THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF INFORMATION AND THERE IS A GREAT STORY TO BE TOLD ITS ROOTS BEGAN IN 1962, WHEN A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE IN BATH WANTED TO HONOR THE MARITIME HISTORY OF THE SURROUNDING AREA AND OPERATED AS THE BATH MARINE MUSEUM. IN 1975, THEY CHANGED ITS NAME TO THE MAINE MARITIME MUSEUM, AND IN 1989 MOVED INTO THIS BUILDING ON THE SITE ON AN OLD WORKING SHIPYARD. SOT DAVE GARRISON TC 19 13 02 THE REACHES HAS EXPANDED THROUGHOUT THE STATE NOW. THE MUSEUM COVERS THE MARITIME HISTORY OF, NOT JUST THE MID-COAST REGION, BUT IT REACHES INTO THE FISHERIES, THE COVERS JUST A WEALTH OF INFORMATION IN MAINE HISTORY THAT IS LOCATED WITHIN THIS MUSEUM THE MUSEUM, WHICH OPERATES ON PRIVATE DONATIONS AND RECEIVES OCCASIONAL GRANT MONEY, TAKES IN ABOUT 55-THOUSAND VISITORS ANNUALLY AND HAS BEEN LISTED BY A PUBLICATION IN INDIA AS ONE OF THE TOP TEN MARITIME MUSEUMS IN THE WORLD. SOT NATHAN LIPFERT 19 321 54 MAINE BUILT MORE WOODEN SHIPS THAN ANY OTHER SHIPS IN MAINE BUILT MORE WOODEN SHIPS THAN ANY OTHER SHIPS IN THE UNION THROUGH THE 19TH CENTURY NATHAN LIPFERT SERVES AS THE THE MUSEUM'S SENIOR CURATOR... TC 19 18 32 NATHAN LIPFERT/SR CURATOR NK YOU HAVE BEEN HERE HOW LONG NL 1971 SINCE NIXON WAS PRESIDENT 43 YEARS AND SEVEN PRESIDENTS LATER, LIPFERT STILL GUIDES VISITORS THROUGH ITS MANY GALLERIES AND EXHIBITS... SOT NATHAN LIPFERT 19 19 38 WE HAVE EXHIBITS FROM BATH IRON WORKS WHICH IS THE PRE-IMMINENT STEEL SHIP BUILDING YARD SINCE 1890 THE FIRST YARD IN MAINE TO BUILD SHIPS AND STILL GOING Ñ THE MUSEUM HAS OVER FOUR CENTURIES OF ARTIFACTS...FROM SCALE MODEL REPLICA SHIPS ..... SOT NATHAN LIPFERT 19 32 28 THIS IS THE COSAIR BUILT FOR JP MORGAN THIS IS 'THE YACHT' BIGGEST AMERICAN BUILT YACHT OVER 300 FEET LONG, 343 FEET ..TO AN EXHIBIT ON MAINE'S PROMINENT ROLE IN FOREIGN TRADE IN THE 19TH CENTURY 19 24 45 MAINE'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE INTERNATIONAL TRADES Ñ SOT NATHAN LIPFERT 19 25 02 25 PERCENT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE WENT IN MAINE SHIPS ...AND THERE IS EVEN AN OLD STEAM ENGINE SOT NATHAN LIPFERT 19 43 12 THAT WAS USED FOR MANY YEARS TO TRAIN STUDENTS IN STEAM ENGINEERING AT MAINE MARITIME ACADEMY SOT NATHAN LIPFERT TC 19 37 10 NK WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE EXHIBIT NL: HA! I LOVE ALL MY CHILDREN EQUALLY THOSE WITH THE MUSEUM FEEL BATH HAS BEEN THE PERFECT HOME TO CELEBRATE THE STATE'S MARITIME HISTORY AND THE GENERATIONS WHO HAVE HELPED CONTRIBUTE TO IT.... SOT NATHAN LIPFERT 19 19 08 SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE HAVE TO SHOW PERTAIN TO THE SHIP BUILDING INDUSTRY, WE ARE, AMONG MARITIME MUSEUMS, WE ARE THE SHIP BUILDING MUSEUM MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE SOT: DAVE GARRISON TC 19 14 42 MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE ARE THE DECENDENTS OF THE PEOPLE WHO DID ALL THAT WORK IT IS THE STORY OF THEIR FAMILIES Ñ IT IS AN AMAZING STORY IF THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR HOMETOWN THAT MAKES YOUR TOWN UNIQUE, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. E-MAIL US AT áHOMETOWN M-E AT W-M-T-W DOT COMá AND MAYBE WE WILL FEATURE YOUR HOMETOWN IN A FUTURE áHOMETOWN MAINE.á

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